Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!hamblin.math.byu.edu!news From: smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Dr. William V. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Next, 40, Sparc, 2 Message-ID: Date: 14 Nov 90 00:15:32 GMT References: <2403.273E80BF@blkcat.fidonet.org> <1990Nov12.135515@Atherton.COM> <11090@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Sender: news@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Brigham Young University Lines: 41 In-Reply-To: jcd@spice.cs.cmu.edu's message of 13 Nov 90 22:45:32 GMT >From: jcd@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Jean-Christophe Dhellemmes) >Keywords: SUN, sparc2 performance, competition >Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI >Here are the specifications of the new SUN SPaRCstations: >40 MHz SPARC processor >28.5 MIPS >4.2 MFLOPS >16Meg RAM >207Meg SCSI Hard disk (16ms) >19" monochrome monitor >1.44 Mbyte 3-1/2" internal floppy disk >-------------------------------------- >$14995 list price This is no deal. Squeezing blood from the sparc turnip. 28.5 MIPS is not particularly meaningful yet,and with a crapola interface and set-up gymnastics. Educational price on these here is $9K +-$500. If you want a workstation of this sort, get a MIPS magnum. Cheaper and faster. >I thinks NeXT is hardly ahead of other computer makers. The software makes a >difference, that's true. The war is far from being over. What is NeXT's >answer to 28MIPS ? A spreadsheet ? > * ][] Good grief. How can I stand it. Anyway, look for a 50 MHz version of the NeXTstation to be announced in a few months. Then I suppose someone will post about the new SG machine to be announced. Why isn't NeXT selling desktop CRAYs for $5,000? -Bill- Where is Bruce Henderson when you need him? -- __________________Prof. William V. Smith____________________ EMail: smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu or uunet!hamblin.math.byu.edu!smithw SMail: Math Dept. -- 314 TMCB; BYU; Provo, UT 84602 (USA) NeXTmail: smithw@mathnx.math.byu.edu Phone: +1 801 378 2061 FAX: +1 801 378 2800